Wednesday, October 14, 2009

PRE-SESSION BANQUET - 7:00 P.M.

Ballroom, Comfort Inn, Meriden, Connecticut

Welcome - Robert Sendewicz, State Master
Invocation - Amy Whitcomb, State Chaplain
Star Spangled Banner - State Pianist Mary Lou Keefe
Introduction of Special Guests
Guest Speaker - Bonnie Burr, Volunteer Management and Development,
Coop. Extension System, University of Connecticut

Presentations:
Scholarships
FFA
Agricultural Awards
Heifer International
Announcements - State Master

Thursday, October 15, 2009

MORNING SESSION - 9:00 A.M.

Opening in form in the Sixth Degree
(Guests will be recognized and escorted throughout the session as they may arrive.)

Introduction of National Representative Beth Merrill, Lady Assistant Steward of the National Grange

Roll Call of Officers, Committees, Deputies
Lower Grange to Fourth Degree
Presentation of Fourth Degree Delegates
Roll Call of Granges

Report of Credential Committee
Sessions Committee Announcements
Introduction of business to be referred without debate

Address of State Master, Robert Sendewicz

Report of State Lecturer, Marge Bernhardt
Report of State Treasurer, Philip Bergquist
Report of State Secretary, Edith Schoell
Report of Executive Committee, F. Philip Prelli

Reports of Officers & Committees will be given throughout session as time permits.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION - 1:45 P.M.

Introduction of Business to be referred without debate
Introduction of Past Voting Delegates

2:00- SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS:
Election of one member of the Executive Committee

Reports as time will permit:
Camp Berger, Ellsworth Beecher, Advisor
Legislative, Gordon Gibson, Director
Connecticut Granger, Todd Gelineau, President/Editor
Membership, Joanne Cipriano, Director

Recess for Sessions Committee Meetings

4:45 - Youth Hospitality Room open for all

THURSDAY EVENING SESSION - 7:00 P.M.
(Open Meeting)

Youth Report & Presentations, Donald Lanoue, Director

State Lecturer's Program- Marge Bernhardt (7:30 P.M.)
Report of Foster Children Liaison, Karen Warner
"Should Auld Acquaintance" Project
Lecturers' Awards

Honor Granges- State Master
Community Service Awards- Jody & Jodi Ann Cameron
Code Reading Awards
Agricultural Contest Awards
Past Deputies' Raffle

Friday, October 16, 2009

MORNING SESSION - 9:00 A.M.

Opening in form in the Fourth Degree
Roll Call of Officers
Reading Minutes of Previous Day's Sessions
Introduction of Business to be referred without debate
Memorial Service and Report of Chaplain Amy Whitcomb

Reports as time will permit:
Information, Carl H. Bernhardt, Director
General Deputy Robert Buck
Pomona Deputy East James Palmer
Pomona Deputy West Todd A. Gelineau

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION - 1:45 P.M.

Introduction of Business to be referred without debate (last opportunity)

2:00 P.M. - Report of Committee on Women's Activities -
Betty Jane Gardiner, Director

Workshop:

UConn Cooperative Extension Service. Speakers: Jospeh Bonelli and Michael Keity. Topic: Connecticut Farm Risk Management and Crop Insurance Program

ALL OTHER OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES' REPORTS SHOULD BE TURNED IN TO THE SECRETARY, IF NOT SENT IN PREVIOUSLY. PLEASE HAVE THEM TYPED AND READY FOR PRINTING.

FRIDAY EVENING SESSION - 7:45 P.M.

Candidates must be at Comfort Inn and Suites, Meriden, no later than 6:45 P.M. Shuttle buses from the Comfort Inn to Meriden Grange Hall will be available beginning at 6:30 P.M. Candidates and members will be bused to Meriden Grange Hall for the Degree Conferral as parking space is limited at the hall.

Candidates must have the fourth and fifth degree words and the sixth degree ticket stub to give to the deputy at the door.

Applications for the Sixth Degree will be on sale during the session and at the door on Friday. They will also be available at any time prior to the Session from the Central Office. Cost of the application is $10.00.

Opening in form in the Sixth Degree - 7:45 P.M.

Escorting of National Representative - Beth Merrill, National Lady Assistant Steward
Recognition of Honored Guests and Past Voting Delegates
Conferral of the Sixth Degree in Full Form
Rose Drill under the direction of Cindy Anderson
Recognition of Golden Sheaf Grangers
Closing the Evening Session in the Fourth Degree
March to the Table - Officers and Court

Shuttle buses from Meriden Grange Hall back to the Comfort Inn will be available beginning at the close of the evening session.

A night of fun and entertainment (Bingo!) will follow the closing of the session, in the ballroom of the Comfort Inn, sponsored by the State Youth Committee.

Saturday, October 20, 2009

MORNING SESSION - 9:00 A.M.

Opening in form in the Fourth Degree
Roll Call of Officers

Reading Minutes of Previous Day's Sessions
Session Committee Reports and action thereon.
Recess 12:15 P.M.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION- 1:45 P.M.

Junior Grange Program and Report - Joan Perry, Junior Director

Reconvening in the Fourth Degree
Remaining Sessions Committee reports and action thereon.
Installation of one member of the Executive Committee
Any Unfinished Business
Announcements
Closing in form in the Fourth Degree